The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fync and Mr. W. ilarriSoll. THIS EVENING (12th timesa new Opera, f ou nded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SD s STOOPS TO %..iiNQUEE.. Miss Louisa Fync and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National antomime, ITARLEQITIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. D , aors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. Ct OYAL HEATI Man ROYAL DRUR Y-L NE. I%.Tessrs. Edmond Falconer and I'. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the PerfermanceA will commene with enmic Drama, Edmund Falconer, en:itled .0 RN. Principal cha racters by Mr. Plie!pi, rrett. Fi.zjames, Miss Atkiason, Miss H. Lcclercq, NcW Ser;o- NIGHT AND and M ~lstiAl orll. ( 1.17 c D r. the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto r TITS SAILOR , ; or, The Seven Wonders nd C. I.auri ; Mess s. ate S. H rs. J. ( Dien° ie, 1. 1;07: Ut • , uville; Pantaloons, :olurabines, Madame A. lice open from 10 till 5 doily, THEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.- ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Harris. Followed by BUNKUM hIULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, It o(Ters, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdatnes Angel, Snowden, Ilarris, Lindley, Hill, &c And A KISS IN THE DARIC. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE3IONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance w ill commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled v i a: LOST CHILD: 3lessrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline LeJlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and bliss E. Lavenu. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian Chronicle," by Mr. John Brougnam, Principal charac; ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messre. Jordan, Charles, 'Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; 311.,s Elate Terry, Miss N. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and dliss Els-sorthy. The Public ate entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;Wade to the occupants or Boxes, Box-placea, or Stalls, either s o; play bills or for the safe keeping of hate and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. 77)„ OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- ,Ai Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, lIAILLEQU'IN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children *he didn't Know what to do, - _ yEW THEATRE-RC YAL, ADELPHI. s 8010 Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. 2lst Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEMMAKEB. Kiss Woolgar and Mr. J. L. Toole. 9.t I to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate =an, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, and - Inzton, Stuart, Stephenson , E b urne; Miss H. Simms, an Mrs. Billingten. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunlo and his Seven 31 a,g,b Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, 11. Phillip ti s, Stephenson ; Miss Woo l g ar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Pat i`ose:lls, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. BAH.—EVERY N. NIGHT. :ass BATEWA 31ISS BATEMAN.—LEAIL—Tnis EVENING' the 125th appearance of the great Tragic Actress. Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded s'dCOCSS with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pri%cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of ',WAIT has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further eotrce. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro , :ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE ,SILVER LINING every MEve nimr.—Mr. and wg, Mrs. and Mr. Charles J. Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, rs. Frank Matthe L. Toole every eveninz. The following* eminent artistes are enzaged :—Mr. Benjamin Web ster. Mr.-.J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Redford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirlityr, Miss Herbert, Mrs, Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss F ann y Jose p hs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathiews. THIS HIVEN'ING, and during* the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bnckine ham:Esq., entitled T ttli.l SILVER LINING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John won e. Mr. Montagne ; Mrs. ( harks Mathews. Mrs. Frank Matthews, Hiss Cottrell, 31isSWentworth. and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the Frenehlin his charae,teristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with THE BIRTEEPLACELOF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, 17LN OY AL STRAND THEATRE. anar_rer, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. ING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. 'telford, Mr. Parsalle ; Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. which, the Grand Chrittnis BlrleFque, OUP EIECTS - T - rirrotcl , l: Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, • , vanborougb, Marie Wilton. Hughes, &o. :th MAItGATE SANDS. THIS EVI Conclu COMMenCO at GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. G.nrze at the POLYGRAP/lIC ITALL, King William strtet (her TRtRD SEASON in London), In her New and sufresslnl Characteristic and 3lnsical Entertainment entitled " A DRAWING 11,0011 TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday slornings at Three. Stalls. 3i. ; unreserved seats,area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. Last performance March 12. .SHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinz the Latest SrOETLNG INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLItNIE, NEWS ilovvr, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries Marquis'. • • ....28s. per ton. Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ 18s. „ Deep .. 22,1 „ Well cereened an , l delivered withi five miles o.! thoTr De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, `fin and 17, South Wharf , Paddington, W. Best Cole 15s. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tias DAY.—Morning, 3h. 2U .—Afternoon, 3h. 33m. ra-moaßow.-Morniu4, 3'l. 50,..n.—Aflorriccn, 4a. 4m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 24, 1364. THER3IOIIETE II .. Timis day at Two ........ Barometer-30. 30 . ind—N.B.; moderate breeze, and fine.:'W X 37 r - Lk, ,1 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FF,B. 21, 1861. ortaut nation or w oas anu -0--.- SEYMOUR FITZGF,RALD While the immediate result of last night's discus. Bien in the House of Commons cannot but be in the highest degree satisfactory to the Government, the ulterior effect produced upon public opinion by the argument s put forth during the debate which led to that l'Ainisterial triumph upon the division, may be regarded With complacency by the nation at large as most salutarn, even in anticipation. That c ir j ot will become manifest more and more as the sess ion advances. It is already appreciable. It is im posssible to look through those arguments this day, ai it was impossible to listen to them last night, w ithout feeling that goon ha s b een d one a l rea dy by the mere fact of the discussion. It may have appeared hitherto, for some considerable time past, tliat almost everything that required to be known in regard to the arbitrary seiz ure of the tV7O ironclad vessels, El Tousson and El Monassia,whil, yet in the billding yard of the Messrs. LAIRD Brothers, was known already. And doubtless, to a certain exte n t, that "flattering unction" might even now ba laid to the wounded sense of honour of the nation, rs a Grer.t and Independent Power. Ever;- thing that needs to be known in regard to the actual seizure is known—bat not so is it in regard to t correspondence, and negotiations that to that most eztraordinery interposition on the part of her MAJ zsTY's Government. It was for the pro d uc ti o n of that correspondence —hitherto denied to the House and to the Country, wit' , so many other 1-,,rnonto —it :vas for tho tardy empla at r4;ally constituted those very unos.plained negotiations, that the hon. gentleman moved lest even in ut g, and moved, as the event proved, in vain. B 153 supporting Mr. motion, while 178 voted egainet it—thereby enabling the Government to tide over that difficulty, as it seems, bent as long as pos sible-upon tiding over others, by maintaining an obdurate silence and a resolute determination to combine Reticence with Non-Intervention (that Epurious, left-banded kind of Von-Intervention 4... which Lord DERBY defined so happily as an union of meddling with muddling) in the carrying out of their incoherent and eccen tric scheme of diplomacy. Not satisfied, however, with meddling and muddling—not satisfied with writing a great deal and doing nothing—the Government in its Foreign Policy appears to be bent beyond all things upon securing itself from anything like adverse commentary by declining to publish despatches, or by withholding them from the knowledge of Parliament as long as they might prove upon trial to be in some way practicable —leaving the chance of some happy re sult in regard to every one of their many dilemmas, to work itself out somehow through the mere chapter of accidents. From the tone adopted by Ministers, however, and by some of those important subordinates of theirs, who are thrust into the van in these discussion—it would appear that the Cabinet not only requires the House of Commons to wait patiently for any papers that in the fullness of time the Government may, upon deliberate con sideration, make up its mind at last grudg ingly to vouchsafe them, but that it requires some thing still more ! Beyond that—the Cabinet seems arrogantly to go so far in what Mr. DISRAELI bluntly calls its " scurvy" treatment of the House in regard to papers relating now to America, now to Poland, now to Den mark, that it actually manifests a com plaisant expectation that the House should meekly wait their (the Ministers') good will and pleasure is these matters of vital and most momentous im portance, that the House should actually wait, like the cattle in a storm as described by the Poet of the Seasons, that is to say--" in dumb expectancy!' Parliament has been won derfully patient hitherto in conceding time to a vaccillating and a self-contradictory Ad ministration.: The House of . Commons especially has evinced an extraordinary amount of patience in reference to the long-withheld papers referring to the Danish War—whatever may be thought to the contrary by a fretful Chancellor of the Exchequer, a petulant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, or an irritated Attorney-General. The reiterated inter ruptions of the debate last evening by Sir ROLM DELL PALMER were not easily to be paralleled for frequency upon reference to the back volumes of "Hansard,' Not satisfied with havinelis own "say" himself, quite uninterruptedly, he seemed unable altogether to allow the enjoyment of the same privi lege by his opponents. Point blank contradictions, vexatious carpings at a phrase, teasing explanations of a parenthetical character were squandered about him yesterday during the debate in the House of Commons, with a petulant intolerance of opinions in any way adverse to his own, quite un befitting the First Law Officer of the Crown, from whom, in truth, in regard to all these kinds of vexed questions, one would rather look for the evidence of an undisturbed equanimity. Everything considered, in regard to the debate of last night—while the immediate result of it, we repeat, was naturally in the highest degree delightful to our bewildered Government, the ultimate effect produced upon the public mind by the arguments (oddly terminating in that division) cannot, we would also repeat, but be in the highest degree salutary. A brief debate took place in the Commons on Alonday evening, which was well worthy of public attention, and which, had it not followed so closely on the animated discussion respecting the non-pro duction of the Danish papers, would probably have attracted more notice at the time. It coecerned the construction of the now Admiralty docks about to be made at the head of the Marsa, at Malta, against the distinct advice of the best informed and most competent authorities. Captain TALBOT, who brought forward a motion on this subject, was anxious before the Navy Estimates came on that the House should have an opportunity of at least hearing the facts of the case, although, from a matter of form, he was on Monday evening pre vented from pressing his motion to a division. The dock proposed, he said, wculd neither answer the purposes of the naval service nor of the commercial shipping of the island. The disadvantages of the scheme are very great, and affect every part of it. Ia the first place, the spot selected is nearly two miles from the dockyard, and diffi cult of aCCRSEI. Admiral Sir WILLIAM MARTIN and Vice-Admiral CODRINGTON, who are both fami liar with the place and the requirements of the Navy, are most strongly opposed to it. Sir lirn lrees MARTIN has been Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean for the last three years, and is fully able to judge the case fairly and impartially. So strong aro the gallant officer's opinions on this matter, that he has suggested that Admiral COD RINGTON should be allowed to come home for the express purpose of pointing out the grave errors of the Admiralty scheme, and the immense advantages of that plan which must at once commend itself to the approval of anyone who knows the island—i. a., the Bele:Olen of the French Creek. This Creek, which the Admiralty themselves are forced to admit is vastly superior to the proposed site, has a fine natural basin, which will with ease receive the largest ships. The Government has gone to great expense to get this Creek, which is only about 800 yards from the dockyard, and which possesses every recommendation for the proposed undertaking, and then with the ingenious perversity and wronghead edness so often perceptible in our naval arrange ments, they go nearly two miles off to construct a dock in a place which has not one single qualifica tion for it. It is not surprising that the opinions of the whole naval service are decidedly opposed to such a preposterous scheme, more especially when we remember the importance of the new dock. We have only two small docks in the Mediterranean that are capable of receiving ships draw ing twenty-two feet of water, and these it is plain would not accommodate our large line-of battle ships when loaded. So long ago as 1861 Admiral CODRINGTON drew the attention of the Admiralty to this subject, pointing out the incon veniencies which might result from the delay entailed by having to send home British vessels that needed repair while foreign vessels can have theirs and be at sea again in a few days. It is absurd that we should have no dock capable of receiving a first-class vessel without guns, stores, and even machinery being removed. It is true that Lord C. PAGET maintains that the Royal Oak and the Resistance could both go into the present Dock yard Creek, but this may turn out to be another of the noble lord's " mistakes." The opinions of engineers sent out by the Admiralty are worth t as much as those of first-rate advocates specially retained on one side. They are certainly not to be set against men like Admiral CODRING TON and Admiral MARTIN, who have the require ments .of the Service in view, and being on the spot can surely decide upon the natural capacities of the sites proposed. As Sir JOHN ' PAXINGTON very truly said, it is not an engineer's question but an Admiralty question, concerning the conve nience of the British fleet. It scams that in 1360 the Admiralty entered into an arrangement with the Maltese authorities by which they acquired a large creek in the vicinity of the dockyard, agree ing to deepen the Mersa tor the use of ;he col - timer cial shipping. Part of this arrangement was that what was called the north- west basin should be THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1864. forward boldly, and with a strong hand and vigorous will put down the growing evil that threatens to overpower the order and morality of our commu nity. As Lord GREY observed, it is much to be deplored that we should have a system of penal discipline whicla does nothing to render more effec tive the punishment previously apportioned to cri minals, and subject the country to the accumulated numbers of discharged convicts. Opening of the British Mzseum, &c„ on Sundays, DEPUTATION TO LORD PA.LMERSTON. (THIS DAY.) This morning a very numerous leputation from the trades of the metropolis had an interview with Lord Pal merston at Cambridge-house, Plenaly, for the purpose of urging upon his lordship the propriety of opening the British Museum, National Gallery, Sec., on Sunday after. noons. The membirs of the deputation haring been introduced, Mr. WHITE stated the object of the present deputation, and impressed upon his lordship the great benefit that would result both morally and socially to the working classes if the noble institutions alluded to were open on Sunday. The only attraction on Sunday open to the work ing man, unless he undertook a journey some consider able distance from his home, was the public house, and it was of the greatest importance that something more elevating should be placed within his reach. The Sheepshanks collection had been accepted by the nation with the knowledge that one of the chief inducements which led to its presentation, viz•, its being open on the Sunday, was as distant as ever. Several of the deputies present tlen addressed his lord ship. Some of them remarked on the encouragement in other countries to the working clam to study art—whilst those in England were only enabled to do so at a sacrifice of a day's wages. His LORDSHIP, in reply, said is believed the produc tions of the Englishman quite equal to that of the foreigner. With respect to the object of the reputation, he believed his opinions were pretty well knovn- 7 (hear, hear)—but he must remind them that there was a very strong feeling the other way. He thought the most prudent course to pursue at present was to remain passive until public opinion was brought round to the object in view, and in the meantime he advised them to inculcate their opinions, and thus hasten on the accomplishment of their desire. Mr. 3. KENNY reminded his lordship that it was not a new course they were then pursuing. There were kindred institutions to the Brit ish Museum already open on Sundays, and all they desired was that the Government should go on and open others nearer home. The National Gallery of Ire land, which had been thrown open on Sundays, testified to the good results certain to follow the opening of the Museum and National Gallery on Sundays to the working classes of England. Having thanked h;s lordship for the interview, the depu tation withdrew. Fublic Executions, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —My recent perusal in The Sun of the account of the execution of the five pirates at Newgate—a sight which, 1 suppose, has not been witnessed since the memorable execution of Thistlewood and the Cato-street conspirators in the year 1820, when I believe six men were hanged at Newgate—has reminded me of my description of a London execution—when only ono man was hanged—in the year 1856, and which I described in my recent book, "Curiosi ties of Occult Literature," reviewed in The Sun Bth Sep tember last. In that book I alluded to that interesting work, " Boswell's Life of Johnson," where the great moralist regretted the recent removal of executions from Tyburn Gate to the Old Bailey. It is singular that the plan of hanging at the Old Bailey should have survived even the removal of Smithfield Market I On the 23d June, 1784-80 years since, less four months —Boswell saw fifteen men hanged in that same place— part of a batch of 24 persons sentenced to death. " They came upon the scaffold a little before seven o'clock ; the platform dropped about a quarter before eight, and at the same moment they were all launched into eternity. The windows and roofs of the houses were crowded, and many thousands of people were assembled in the Old Bailey." Then, as on Monday, the 22d inst,. although the ribaldry, coarse language, and general character of King Mob of 1781 and of 1861 may be identical, it is at least satisfactory to know that the prison discipline of Newgate has been improved, and that such a rare popular spectacle in all human probability will never again occur in London. — Yours, obediently. TILE AUTHOR OF "•CURIOSITIES OF OCCULT LITERATURE." 23d February, 1861. JOIIN Ix A MESS ! "—Surely nothing can well be funnier, or more aptly to the purpose,than Tenniel's cartoon in the now number of Punch, published this afternoon :—" Mrs. Britannia—Pat down that Pen directly, you troublesome boy. A nice mess you have got yourself into !" It is a comic sketch coming so exactly " pat" to the occasion—with a very aplomb of truthfulness, amounting to pictorial wit —that it forms a worthy companion cartoon to that famous one years and years ago in Punch, representing Mrs. Peel wringing her hands at the plight of Master James Graham (after the latter had been rolling in the mud and making dirt pies) with a—" Drat that boy, he's always in a mess!" NATIONAL GRANTS FOR STATUARY...I I h° Nelson Column has, since 1858, been honoured with an aggregate of grants amounting to £26,800. In 1854, the statue of Charles 1., at Charing Cross, coat £1,000; in the same year, £2,500 was granted for royal monuments in Westminster Abbey. In 1842, an equestrian statue of George IV. is entered for £6,301 ; and we find the pedestal of Baron Maroehetti's Richard Coeur-de-Lion cost £1,650. In the three years 1813-45, a total of £1,500 was paid for monuments to Lords Exmouth and De Saumaurez, and Sir Sidney Smith. This grant is humorously placed under the head of Educe - tion. Science, and Art.' In, 1858, £20,000 was voted for a statue of the Duke of Wellington; the Havelock statue at Woolwich is charged at £2,152; and on the now lonely shore of Scutari a noble monument has been placed, which is said to have cost £17,500. For Sir John Franklin a statue has been raised, which in 1E55 cost the modest sum of £BOO, and again in 1863 a similar amount,—Cbeinibers's Journal, New and Improved Series. THE PROCESS OF SCHISM once begun, an in definite multiplication of sects follows, until we arrive at the ultimate result in the following list of deno minations taken from the American census :—" Democratic Gospel, Ebenezer Socialists, New-lights, Tunkers, Supera lists, Cosmopolites, Free Enquirers, Children of Peace, Inspired Church, Pathouites, Believers in God, Perfection ists, Spiritualists, Universalists, Puritans, Hopkinsonians, Moderate Calvinists, Strict Calvinists, Destructionists, Restorationists, Denials of Original Sin (P Pelagians), Pre existents, Sand-hillera, Soul-sleepers, Come-outers, Lutherans, Churchmen, Congregationalists, Hardshells, Roman Catholics, Rationalists, Methodists, Christians (denying the Trinity), Quakers, Unitarians, Moravians, German Reformed, Dutch Reformed, Jews, Swedenbur glans, Socinians, Shakers, Independents, Methodists,Epis copalians, North Episcopalians, South Episcopalians, Seventh-day Baptists, Carapbellite Baptists, Freewill Baptists, Ironside Baptists, Six-principle Baptists, North Presbyterians (Anti -Slavery), South Presbyterians (Pro- Slavery), Old School Presbyterians, New School Presby terians, Cumberland Presbyterians, Associate Presby terians, Reformed Presbyterians, Associate Reformed Presbyterians." LITERARY NEWS.—The following new books are announced by Mr. Bentley :—The third and fourth volumes of the " Dean of Chichester's Lives of the Arch bishops of Canterbury," bring the history down to the Re formation. " Memoirs of a Minister of State," by M. Gaizot, from the year 1840. A third edition of the Rev. T. Bontell's " Heraldry : Historical and Popular," with 850 illustrations, of which work two large editions wore absorbed in one year. " Viscountess Strangford's Eastern Shores of the Adriatic," with chrome-lithograph illustrations and p h o t ogr aphs. E. J. Powell and Eniker Magnusson Legends of Iceland," translated by George by Zwecker, Sze. , profusely illustrated " Spain : a Narrative by Hans Chris tian Andersen, the Danish Poet, of his - Wanderings in the Peninsula, in 1863," in one volume. " A Century of Anec dotes, from 1750 to 1850," by John Timbs ; and " St. Petersburg and WarsaA : stirring scenes witnessed during a residence in Russia and Poland, during 1863-64," in one volume, with portraits of Mouravieff and the Grand Duchess Constantine and her family. Of new novels, among the most popular of the season ore—" Balla Donna," " Wylder's Hand," by the author of " The House by the Churchyard ; " Meadowleigh," by the author of " The O "" Ladies of B,ver HoPow ;" *' The Shado w ofldA Cshlydyat," by the author of East Lynne; the author of " Whitefriars." SITE OF Sr. TEOMAS'S HosriTAL.—The qnestion and " ourt," by between the Corporation of London and the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital is now d irectl y raised by the filing, yesterday, of a bill in Chancery b y the Governor s again▪ st the Corporation of London, join'•ly Chamberlain, to restrain the corporation from using a cer tain retainer to the City Solicitor, sealed by the corporat . i▪ on, with Mr. Scott, the and from affixing the hospital seal to any b y s he with out the previuus consent of the governors. 1 his pro,ceed ing involves the whole question of the power of the Corpo• ration to interfere in their corporate opacity in the matter of the future site of this invaluable charity. The scaling of the retainer without the intervention of the donation governors is said to have been done at Lb e suggestion of the Attorney-General. A NEW A:\D COMPLETI7. EDITION OF THE WORKS of THE LATE SIR, B. G. latoDir: will s h or tly be .pub lished by the Messrs, Longman. It will be edited by Dr Charles ximkilaa. constructed with a depth of 12 feet for the use of the commercial shipping. But it will be necessary in order to get access to the dock to shipping. Sub• sequently the Admiralty adopted the present extravagant scheme—that a first-class dock, capable of accommodating the Warrior, should be con structed on the inner side of the north-west basin. But to get access to this dock, it becomes neces sary to deepen the basin from 12 to 30 feet, which, of course, will entail heavy expense. It is, too, to be at right angles with the basin, so that a ship in entering it will have to turn nearly round, thus producing a confusion that may be better imagined than described, when a heavy ship some hundreds of feet in length is sent amongst the crowded mer chant shipping. The reek is full of fissures and flaws, thereby entailing the expense of facing the dock with masonry, and rendering the Admiralty esti mate of £50,000 for deepening the basin and con structing the dock simply ridiculous. There is no detailed plan or estimate for the scheme produ cible, and unless it is looked to we shall probably have a second edition of the affair at ,Alderney, where the original estimates have been already exceeded by a very large amount. The additional vote was absolutely necessary if we did not wish the whole of the previous outlay to be thrown away. And after all that has been done there it is more than questionable it any good has been effected at all. Holyhead, which might have been made a splendid harbour, has had its utility greatly im paired by its limited extent. We recently had an instance of this when the Prince Consort was com pelled to run over to the Irish coast, being afraid to risk entering Holyhead. Portland, which is the best we have yet constructed, would have been far more efficacious had the southern arm of the breakwater been carried out from a point further down the island, and a larger space enclosed; ena bling ships to lie under the shelter of the island itself, and not as at present be exposed to the force of the south westerly wind blowing across the Chesil Bank. The French greatly eclipse us in these matters, not from superior engineering capa city, but from the more liberal and enlightened views of their governing authorities. The public had better be warned by past experience of Admiralty bungling, and inquire into this Malta project a little more closely, If the Government have committed themselves to the Maltese autho rities they had better pay for their mistake and let the matter end there. It would be far cheaper and better than undertaking a work of such cost and importance, under such serious drawbacks, wh en the French Creek offering so many superior advan tages is lying at their disposal. Lord SALISBURY last night very properly called al tention to the convict system. He moved fur a return of the " number of convicts under penal servitude confined in gaols other than Government prisons in 1862 and 1863;" also what steps had been taken to carry out the reconmendations of the C3mmissioE on Penal Servitude. This last was a very necessary item in the demand, since nothing is more common than for a Government to put off inquiry a-ad com- plaint by instituting a commission, and then not to attend to the recommendations that . are given. Lord CARNAIVVON made some observations on the subject, and truly characterised it as a "monstrous anomaly" in English justice that heavier offences often meet higher punishments, and vice versa. It is well known that a short period at a county gaol is more stringent than some years of penal servitude The prisoners invariably prefer the Government part of the affair to the ordinary gaols. Lord CAR /4 ARTON'S remarks on this subject are always well worthy of attention, both from his lordship having studied the case in all its bearings, and also for the enlightened views which he entertains regarding the question. He quoted a report which proved that on one occasion the convicts in one prison were attacked by some disease, and it was the opinion of medical men that it arose chiefly from the rich ness of their food. "In consequence of this the os-head cheeks were withheld from the soup, and the men's health improved." This is perfectly ridiculous, and it is quite out of character that such luxuries should be provided for men under sentence of punishment for the commission of heinous offences. It is actually holding out an encouragement to lazy and selfish men to get into a place of this sort, where their appetites may be pampered and their idleness indulged. The more publicity that is given to these facts, the better it will be for the public service, and then, perhaps, the authorities will be shamed out of their persistence in improper indulgences to the convicts. This false system of palliation re sults in the worse effects, both for the men them selves and the society amongst which they are placed long before their original term is expired. It is not a fair test of conduet either to judge of them by their behaviour during their confinement, when they are thus pampered and coddled. It is not likely that they will be tempted to rebel against such mild treatment, or become restless and unman ageable when humoured to the last degree, and every possible device is resorted to, to keep them quiet and satisfied. If sterner plans were adopted and more vigorous discipline enforced, then a better notion might be formed of the (Met which the penal servitude was bearing on their characters. As it is, we have the best grounds for asserting that the men axe made worse during their period of detention, and come out with re newed vigour to prosecute their nefarious under takings, Of course there are notable exceptions, but as a rule it will be found that very little progress, if any, is made in the reformation of our criminal population. Lord CARNARVON put the case very forcibly, when he said that to be successful, either one plan or another ought to be adopted, and that the Howe Secretary was trying too much to take " a scrap of one system and a scrap of another, until the whole system adopted became incomprehensible and remarkable." There is great truth in this, and it would be well if more heed was paid to this suggestion. Either to adopt the practice of tickets•of-leave, coupled with police supervision, or else to throw the system overboard, and attempt another, is the advice tendered by Lord CARNARVON, and it 1 certainly seems to be sound. It is evident that 1 what is wanted imperatively at present is a radical change in our system of penal servitude, and the question is whether the temporising efforts and feeble legislation which is now in vogue will be capable of effecting the desirable and most necessary alteration. There is too much patching up of difficulties, and two much dawdling and hesitation in all the legislation that is brought forware on the subject, and it is most urgent that now the case is again one of the chief social dis cussions of the day, some lasting and excel lent arrangements be made, or eloa all this bicker ing and debate Bill result in grievous harm, and be worse in the end than if matters had rested in statu quo. The criminals will exult at the ineffi cacy of our efforts to control them, and thus an ad ditional evil will have been effected. This is the proper time for those who have objections to state them, and for those who have suggestions to make , o bring them forward, or else the oppoitunity will be lost. The Government are, doubtless, animated with the best intentions, but they are too timid in k the measures they adopt. They NO better come LATEST INTELLIGENCE LREITTER'S TELECIP.AMS.] AMERICA. (Per the America.) NEW YORK, FEB, 12 (Evening). Newbern advises to the 7th inst. report the Con federates to be again threatening the Federal com munications around Newbern. They have an iron clad vessel at Kingston which will cooperate in their hostile movement. The Richmond papers of the sth report that Gen. Sherman's whole force advanced from Vicks burg across by the Black River, from whence it is supposed he will atlvance to Moridan and unite with a cavalry force moving along the line of the Mississippi, and an infantry force advancing from Natchez. Sherman's movement is said to be made in order to flank Johnston and Hardee in Alabama and Georgia, rather than to attack Mobile. The Confederates are still in force at Dalston, Georgia. Admiral Porter is fitting out a formidable fleet on the Mississippi. _ _ _ General Meade made a speech at Philadelphia, stating that since March, 1861, 100,000 men of the Potomac army have been killed and wounded. The German Republicans of New Jersey de clare in favour of Butler, Freemont, or any other Radical candidate for the Presidency, who will guarantee an emancipation and confiscation policy. The Halifax Admiralty Court has restored the Chesapeake and her cargo to the owners on the payment of the legal expenses. The City of Washington, the City of Cork, the China, and the Olympus have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. FEB. 12th, Evening. Money extremely easy at 6to 7 per cent. Gold 59-: [per cent. premium. Exchange on London, 1741. Exchange on Paris, 3 201. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 134. Illinois, 131. Erie, 1121. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 82c. Flour and wheat declining. Corn quiet. Provisions a good enquiry. Coffee firm and advancing. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum very firm ; crude, 291 to 314,, refined, 45 to 47. NEW YORK, FEB. 13 (Morning). A large Federal expedition, with three gunboats, left Port Royal on the sth inst. and landed at Jack sonville, Florida, on the Bth, from which place it was reported they would proceed to Tallahassee. General Gilmore left Port Royal on the 7th to join this expedition. Admiral Dahlgren has left Charleston in the flag ship for St. John's, Florida. The British gunboat Petrel arrived at Charleston on the sth, wishing to communicate with the British Consul at Savannah. Admiral Dahigren refused permission, and the Petrel put to sea. It is said that the Petrel brought despatches for the Confe. rate Secretary Benjamin. Oa the night of the 2d a large steamer entered Charleston harbour, unobserved by the Federal fleet, and was not discovered until the morning of the 3d, when she had run aground and was landing her cargo under the guns of Fort Moultrie. The Federal batteries opened on her and shortly after wards she sank. The Conscription Bill has passed Congress. Slaves between the ages of 14 and 45 are liable to be drafted ; loyal owners to be compensated. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold 591 per cent. premium. A large advance taken place in Federal Securities. United States Coupons Sixes are now quoted 110. The America brings 35 bags of mails, 123 passen gers, 176,875 dole. in specie for England, 141,223 dole. for France, 500 dols. for Bremen, and 1,000 tons of cargo. THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. England has invited the German Federation and he Powers which signed the 1852 Treaty to a Con- Terence in London. No suspension of arms. General Manteuffel is gone to Vienna about Jutland affairs. VIENNA, FEB. 23 The Conferences proposed by England for the settlement of the question relative to the German Duchies have been accepted by Austria and Prussia. Orders will be issued not to advance further into Jutland. COPENHAGEN, Fn. 23, 5.50 P.M. The Government has published the following official communication : Twelve Austrian war vessels have been ordered to the Mediterranean and the English Channel to cruise in search of Danish ships. The Secretaries of the Danish Legations at Berlin and Vienna have been recalled. The Secretary of the Austrian Legation at Copan. hagen has already left. The authorities of Hamburg have seized the money in the Danish post-office in that city: Reported Concentration of Prussian Troops on the Polish Frontier. BRESLAU, FEB. 23 (Evening.) A rumour that 60,000 Prussian troops will be concentrated on the frontier of the kingdom 'of Poland. SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 23. A Bill for a new electoral law has been brough 'onward in the Cortes. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 22 (Morning' The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, expresses regret that the Dano-German conflict has been aggravated by an invasion of Jutland. The writer continues—" England has requested explanations from the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. The replies may be ingenious, but they cannot be entirely satisfactory. Nothing proves, however, that England will not be contented with them." BOURSE, Feb. 23.—The market has not been very animated, but the business done shows an improve ment on yesterday's quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 55c. Mobilier have ad vanced to 1,060 f. Railway Market quiet, but firm, The market closed as follows :- 4t per Cents 95 70 Do. end month — 3 por Cents Do. end month 66 55 Credit Mobilier 1 065 Do. end month 10 7 0 Bank Shares .. 3290 Credit Fonder ....1265 Roman Italian Loan 6B Do. end month — Nes' ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. Spanish Threes 6l Rome Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO3 75 .. 1005 Northern . ... New ditto ..... 7 Lyons and Mediterranean 942 50 .. 937 50 New ditto BB7 50 .. Southern 661 25 .. 665 Western Eastern .... 4BO .. Saril inian ...... Austrian I-ori.l)ircl North of Spain Saragossa ........ Ditto to Barcelona ..„ 300 4 . 300 .-. LI RE. For Better for Worse : A Romance of the Affec tions. Edited by Edmund Yates. John Max well and Co., Fleet-street. The story commences with h.a consultation between Margaret, and Ralph Atherton, the eldest son and daughter of the lately deceased Dean of Wylminster, relative to their own future prospects, and also as to the means by which they are to secure the sup port of a stepmother and the children of the second marriage. Their father has left but trifling means at their disposal, and his wife being rather a silly and frivolous person, he particularly recommends the care of his family to his eldest daughter Margaret, when dying. She proposes to de vote her entire energies to fulfil his intentions and becomes a parish schoolmistress, to enable her to famish his annual allowance to the youngest half- brother, a midshipman, without which he can rut continue in the navy. Her talents are so great, and the arrangement of the school so perfect, that she acquires the friendship of the clrrgy man of the parish, and attracts the attention of the neighbour ing gentry, who are not only anxious to adopt her system, but desirous of securing her services for themselves. Meantime the youngest sister of the family, Ethelind, is invited on a visit to Lady Repworth's and there meets Sir Philip Leigh, a man of large fortune and ancient lineage, who falls desperately in love with her, and subsequently marries her in opposiF.on to the advice of his mother, and the sneers of his sisters, two rather fast young ladies, who co - esider Ethelind as far beneath his and their Buie' position. Piqued by their contempt for his wife's family, Sir Philip Leigh determines that sue shall hold no communication with them after her marriage. And here commences poor Ethe lind's troubles. RalphAtherton has become a clergy man, and accepts a curacy in the parish of Reden ham, of which Sir Philip Leigh is the sole proprie tor. The title and estates have come to him by the death of his cousin, who was killed by accident, and the family place has been uninhabited for many years; but it is now fitted up for the reception of the bride and bridegroom. Until then Ralph Ather. ton was ignorant of Ethelind's marriage with his parishioner, and learning that Sir Philip has treated the other members of his family with great discour tesy, ho absents himself from the public reception. While Sir Philip, learning who he is, supposes be has got himself appointed to the parish for the pur pose of forcing his acquaintance on him, he be comes furious, and acting under his imperative injunctions Ethelind is obliged publicly to " out" her brother and family in the church on Sunday. After such an insult, although very poor, having resigned a fellowship to marry a girl with out fortune, Ralph throws up his curacy, and goes elsewhere. Ultimately he inherits a large fortune from a relative, After many bickerings, arising chiefly from the interference of his mother and sisters, Sir Philip, now become Lord Redenham, separates from his wife. But they are again recon ciled by the good offices of Lord Redcar, aparticular friend, who marries Grace Atherton, and of Mar garet, now estimated at her just worth by Lord Redenham. At his house she meets Captain Vivyan, a former lover, who had jilted her, but he now renews his suit, and they are married, se all ends happily for all parties. " For Better for Worse" is a truly moral book, which may with safety and even advantage be placed in youthful hands, for it instructs as well as amuses, thus ful filling what ought to be the object even of a romance. The incidents are all quite natural, although the interest never flags, and there is not one expression, from beginning to end, whioh could give umbrage to the most delicate mind. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 23. THE STEAM RAMS AT BIRKENHEAD. Motion made and question put, " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this house copies of all correspondence between the various departments of her Majesty's Government, or officers in her Majesty's service, and Messrs. Laird Brothers, relating to the two ironclad vessels, El Tousson and El Monassia, building by that firm, and seized by order of her Majesty's Government; and of any papers or correspondence that have passed between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States, or their representative, Mr. Adams, relating to the said vessels," The holise divided—Ayes, 153; Noes, 178. AYES -153. -- -- -- -- Adderley, C. B. Graham, Lord Wm. Northcote, Sir S. H. Addington, Hon.W. Greaves, Edward Packe, C. Baillie, 11. J. Greenall, G. • I'akington, Sir J. S. Bar ttelot, Col. Grey deWilton,Lord Parker, Major W. Bathurst, A. A. Grogan, Sir E. Peel, Gen. Beach, W. W. Haliburton, T. C. Pevensey, Viscount Bective, Earl of Hamilton, Lord C. Powell, F. S. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Lepton, G. W. .1. Benyon, R. *Harvey, R. B. Ridley, Sir K. W. Bernard, Col. Hassard, 31. D. Roebuck, J. A. Bernard, Thos. T. Bay, Sir J Rogers, John J. Blake, J. A. Heathcote, Sir W. Rolt, J. Bovill, Wm. Henniker, Lord Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bramley-Moore, J. Hill, Hon. R. Sclater-Booth, G. Bramston, T. W. Hodgson, It. Selwyn, C. J. Bridges, Sir B. Hopwood, J. T. Smith, Abel Bruce, C. L. C. liiimphery, W. Smith, S. G. Bruce, Sir 11. Hunt, G. W. Smollett, P. Burghley, Lord Ingestre, Viscount Somes, Joseph Cairns, Sir H. Jervis, Captain Stanhope, J. B. Cartwright, Col. Jolliffe, IL Stanhope, Lord Cecil, Lord R. Kekewich, S. Stanley, Lord Chapman, J. Knatchbull, W. Stewart, Sir M. R. Clifton, Sir R. Knox, Col. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Close, 31. C. Lacon, Sir E. . Stracey, Sir H. Cobbold, John C. Laird, J. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Cole, Hon. H. Langton, W. G. Sullivan, M. Collins, T. Leader, N. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Cubitt, George Leeke, Sir H. Taylor, Colonel Curzon, Vi sco unt Lennox, Lord G. G. Thynne, Lord E. Dawson, R. P. Lennox, Lord H. G. Thynne, Lord H. Dickson, Col. Lindsay, W. S. Tollemache, J. H. Disraeli, Benjamin Long - field, Robert Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Drax, J. E. Lovaine, Lord Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Du Cane, C. Lyall, G. Turner, C. Dunne, Col. Lvgon, Hon. F. Vance, John Du Pre, C. Macaulay, K. Verner, E. W. Edwards, Col. Macdonogh, F. Vyse, Co.o Egerton, A. F. 3lacEvoy, E. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Egerton, E. C. Malcolm, J. W. Walker, James R. Pane, Col. Malins, R. Walpole, S. H. Farquhar, Sir K. Manners, Lord J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Fellowes, Edward Maxwell, Col. Wat , ington, J. Ferrand, W. 3litford, W. T. Welby,-W. E. Fleming, T. W. Montagu, Lord R. Wyndham, Hon. H. Forester, Gen. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham Hon. P. Fraser, Sir W. A. Morritt, W. Wynn, C. W. W. Galway, Viscount Mowbray, Rt. Iln. J. Yorke, Lion. E. . Gard, It. S. 3lure, David 'Yorke, J. R. George, John Naas, Lord TELLERS. Gilpin, Colonel Noel, G. J. Tloretali, T. B. Gore, J. R. 0. North, Col. Fitzgerald, W. S. NOES —l7B. - Angerstein, W. Forster, W. E. Neate, C. Annesley, Col. IL Foster, W. 0. North, F. Antrobus, E. Fortescue, Hon. F. O'Brien, Sir P. Aytoun. ft. S. Fortescue, C. 5, O'Hagan, T. Bagwell, J. 'Gavin, Major Paget, C. Baines, E. Gibson. T. M. Paget, Lord A. Baring, H. B. Gilpin, C. Paget, Lord C. E. Baring, Sir F. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Sir R. Baring, Thomas Glyn, G. G. Paxton, Sir J. Baring, Thos. Geo. Goldsmid, Sir F. Pease, IL Barnes, T. Goschen, G. J. Peel, Sir R. Bass, M. T. Gower, G. W. L. Peel, F. Baxter, W. E. Greene, J. Peel, J. Bazley, Thomas Gregson, S. Peto, Sir M. Beak, Samuel Grenfell, H. R. Pilkington, James Beaumont, W. B. Grey, Sir G. Pinney, Col. Beaumont,Somerset Grosvenor, Earl Pollard Urquhart W Bellew, It. M. liadlield, Geo. Ponsonby, A. Berkeley, C. Handley, John P o tt er, E . Black, Adam Hardcastle, Jos. A. Powell, J. Bleucowe, J. G. Hartington,Marquis Pritchard, John Bonham-Carter, J. *Harvey, R. B. Proby, Lord G. L. Bouverie, E. P. Henderson, J. Ricardo, 0. Bruce, H. A. Henley, Lord Robartes, T. J. A. Buchanan, W. Herbert, H. A. Russell, Hastings Buller, Sir A. Ilibbert, J. T. Russell, A. J. E. Bury, Viscount Hodgkinson, G. Salomons,Aidermatt Butt, Isaac Ii odgson, K. Scholefical, W. Buxton, C. Howard, Hon. C. Seely, C. Caird, James Hutt, W. Seymour, Danby Calthorpe, F. 11. Ingham, R. Seymour, A Cardwell, Rt. Iln. E. Jackson, W. Shelley, Sir J. V. Carnegie,lln. C. Johnstone, Sir J. Sheridan, R. B. Castlerosse, Vist. Kershaw, J. Smith, 1. It. Clay, James King, Hon. P. Smith , M . T. Clifford, C. C. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, Augustus Cobbett, J. M. Kinnaird, lion. A. Smith, J. A. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knatchbull-llugess Stacpoole, W. Collier, Sir It. P. Layard, A. 11. Stansfeld, J. Colthurst, Sir G. Langton, W. 11. G. Tollemache, Hon.F. Cox, W. Lanigan, J. Tracy, Hon. C. Craufurd, E. IL J. Lawson, W. Turner, J. A. Crawford, It. W. Leatham, E. Tynte, Col. K. Crossley, Sir F. Lelevre, G. J. S. Vane, Lord H. G. Dalfzlish, Robert Lee, W. Verney, Sir Harry Davie, Col. F. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Vernon, H. Denman, G. Lloyd, T. Villiers, Rt. 'Lin. C. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, John Warner, Edward Dodson, John G. Lowe, lit. lion. R. Watkins, Ccl. L. Duff, M. E. Mackie, J. Western, S. Dull; It. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Wes t liead , J. Duke, Sir James Marjoritanks, D. C. \Vliitbread, S. Dundas, Frederick Marshall, W. White, Dundas, Sir David Martin, J. White, L. Dunlop, A. Matheson, A. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount Merry, James Wyld, James Evans, T. W. Mildmay, 11. Ewart, William Mills, J. It. Finch, C. W. Moncreill; J. Foley, 11. W. Morris, I). Forster, Charles D. Morrison, W. TELLERS, Brand, U. B. Dunbar, Sir Win. * 4 : 4 ' o,ldly enough, it will ho seen from the foregoing Division List, copied into our columns exactly as it is given in the Parliamentary Papers— that Mr. Robert Bateson Harvey appears both in the majority and in the minority, as though he were "two gentlemen in one," according to Mrs. Malaprop, "THE CIIANNINGS," By MRS. WoOD, has been translated into French, by Madame Abrie-Encountre. MR& WILKINS, WIDOW OF THE LATE SERGEANT WILKINs, is pl a yi ng a successful engagement at W a ll ac k' s Theatre, New York. A VERITABLE CENTENARIAN.—An authentic °ace of "aged 112," certified by baptismal register book of Prescot Church, stating that the old lady was born on the 211 of May, 1751, dign It t‘ ralg t htlie HER, MAJESTY. -C>--- -- Her Majesty WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 23, Hon.n Mrs. Bruce and Lieutenant - G eneral the u Grey, went up to London this m orning and honours the Queen, at t e nded by the o. the Countess of Elgin with a visit. The Queen returned after War ds to Windsor Castle. t inypgsuenyrwo,sinesa t t it fealir.ti. nhatlr4o°.o her sons, Return of the Princess of Wa les ll and _ — from St. LeonardS. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Piincess of Wales concluded their visit to St. Leonards YeB' tterardinY and arrived in London accompanied by the , infant prince. The journey wag made by a sPe cill on the South-Eastern Railway, and is t he handsome state carriage belonging to the comPalli Their Royal Highnesses left Starkey's 11W Victoria Hotel about half-past eleven, attended 14 the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, Lieutenant-General and Major Teesdale, and on arriving at the St ' L affi e da o es n tri a nan r ge d na s , station of the South-Eastern Company, were received by the Mayor of St. Leonards and awnhdotbweastnavvccnomnrearnki,eadndbynrtnibee io?farttsf the South-Eastern Company by Captain Warreni one of the directors, Mr. C. W. Eborall, the getl e . ra manager, and Mr. J. P. Knight, the traffic soPeriv tendent; The weather at Hastings afforded an tine contrast to that prevailing in London at the departure, for while in the metropolis sOvir Was falling heavily, and the atmosphere viac cold . gloomy, at Sr. L2onards there was a bright and clear sky, and the sun shed a genial Warmth °le sea and land. taterhtoolll don-bridge b e . f 3 trainot A r . ia drew n . rNseK l two e aa f to t iui tgopht station at e rw: s sawo t t s a onbp t ens i polooanrfnowatdeltheywell.4o, andbe p 1 C e ica r at t i nf h oo e rtv T e ch e s. e f e l ) ; t3 and after a quick run Tunbridge-wells Was r:aLcaa haring-cross terminus at 1.45, before whi eh ti tle d the broad and lengthy pavement of the platter° ra . been covered with scarlet cluth, andevery PrWhad Lion for the reception of the royal passe n g erB been made by Mr. W. Cockburnaa,gr passedrt it made, (11 (3 taealti 141, P -R and • intendant. f wales As soon as the train stopp3d, the Frino,e o .80e. conducted the Princess of Wales to her carriage. A small group of ladies and gentlemen on th e !, a s form silently saluted the prince and princebs'ut o their royal highnesses crossed the platforol; n ot group of workpeople who had assembled ceiT,ser. c in o g nt t e b n e t i w r r it e h sp t e h n i t s funnrdtebmeiornisatrtaut:evekiningetbod of eu . and his CO' c heer, G at sort, gave utterance to a loud and hearty ooh which the prince and princess seemed to be i . s hed amused. The cheering was by no means dira irli f or when the nurse was seen to leave the trai n 6 but seconds afterwards bearing the infant Prince' was renewed with at least equal heartiness. o„he As e the train drew up quite in the interior.,dlivigs station, and close to the back of the hotel hol i ce a f at the Strand entrance, there was but a dis tal:1 0 110i some GO or 70 yards to be traversed, over a gr f _ ro ,gli roadway, before the royal carriages pas sed ta bo o, a pair of gates in the hoarding fronting the, pas ing, and in a few minutes their royal higutjw Ob were safe in their London residence of House. ; c sS ° e The train in which the prince and pr.° e brou ght was the first passenger train which h a ! 4 eolo l travellers literally up to the Strand; their highnesses may therefore be said to hale b l e ' ee tibia rated the opening of the line, and to ha le h i e b tb- 5 first to prove the admirable convenience w or from new terminus will offer to passengers t° the West-end of London. w a les h es It is understood that the Princess of sir of derived much benefit from the invigoratile credit St. Leonards ; and it must be stated to the rol 3l of the inhabitants of the two towns tbat versorle visitors hare suffered less annoyance 111 sore p the° following them than at any other Pew visited. libe ral ao• The Princess of Wales has left several , higlaoe° nations for the local charities. roYaLi:ei, p ro' has also expressed personally to Mr- St ar sp pree ite prietor of the Royal Victoria Hotel, Il i° 00 0 0' lion of the attention shown him at th at , t hat h ie ment. The visitors' book also intimate„per f e ctli royal highness and the princess were satisfied." Ed e St •r ; • The inhabitants of Hastings and „ c at c. 9l ‘ have been gratified to learn that their rivivisted toa tors have, through General finally's, in t er ienc e the mayor i‘ the satisfaction they have e ° l l llo toW A at all the arrangements connected wits the bane wherein his royal highness and the Pr; ( i i iettt'; been concerned. Their royalc jahriig.dgh_nece,nseste...r;ciaiss,ll3os. General Knollys continues) will each re . t e 4 ; ce f e el 0 0 agreeable recollection of their visit, atlet ws ta titie t l i strong interest in the prosperity of the two toi do A portion of the household, left yeOrjr. highnesses, horses and clrriageg, le ft rge of /i a d by special train at 1.38 p.m. in A 011510600, tt' Deacon, superintendent, St. Lebria r '' 1 0 0. arrived in London at about a quarter t° bri dge „ Cap 0, Her Royal Highness the Duchess 0 1 by , 1 , 0 honoured the Countess (Dowager) of Jersel.s,llarc. ,ese. Monday at the countess's house in Derkele.s", it to 0 0 0 ' 00 Duchess of Cambridge remained an hour w ith P IO It will afford many of the countess 'a frierl ds atj ,. 0 ,, to learn that the has greatly improved ia so d his ! ‘io i, His Highness the Prince Sulkowskiltio 1 30 et 10 the Prince Auguste Sulkowski, hap lef„ t Hotel, J e rmyn-street, on their return to O r is ofeoirlbot The Duchess of Somerset's parti thine i 5 the duke's official residence at the Admiralty at 64 d a nce," as aunnounced, but a 66 receptiono. teroieeBo9,o'r, the FreLaves°„o,atess dialn'herelaEstaervlenainngdhCisoEuxneteensesnelytussel ecilivali3sl;ar. the EeTa evening uCarltoniins Hanoveriange Granville,o, t h C eh Earlarg 0 i d L t ff e i fi r e o a t a h d e .r., ',' aer i fit i o n a d t '. eic l x l oo l : of Betsberough, Lord and Lady Harry 110000 ty op Miss Primrose, the Hon. Lionel Ashley , ill Murchison. Mr. Evats, &c., at their resicla'.log pa" place. 'lhe Countess Russell will have an es' id his par, Friday next. 11 h e— eb. The Right Hon, the Speaker wt ,,ci oi afar fail lianaentary Levees on Wednesday, the ,„ 1 ,, c 1 p. o3 ' Wednesday, the 9th of March, at 10 0 • ger q pia a dress. Tye Of 18re13' r 1 1°11° The Marquis and Marchionessa. ,rooveaor and Lady Theodora Grosvenor arrivedebeehaetrd,g on Saturday evening front Eaton gall , toi o °I3 "11 re l9lllll noble marquis and marchioness leav e ere Bp next for Motcombe House, Dorset, wher° •11 be te . a until after Easter. e ce, )11 r eldersc testa The ChUriteeS (F rances, ilnoily re a t the for S t. 0 43 " ) 1 f or gate wcalaricli Claridge L ActOsrcox,:r e thiwshourL o LLTi atnw n i hbohornt a rei yrirrrye r tteedddchsH d ysisg s g ecat U tt artPA-lozeaacailonrrs Castle, a pnben. • p • edea e "°°' i g s o re evening g e f t ei/ e anarbryivehdasialetfot rie.rwlljoare v d t t s elect party at dinner lot evening, at tla er r Cheshire, for the season., 0 ,_.„ lc? oca ei r j : Lord and Lady Howard do v. riceadiny.ord and Lady ivaideo iag e'd of s treet, Lord 1-I. Bentinck. has arriv e a „ liotel, from Lincoln. limb? incl.° front a tour of visits..ve , Or Dow ager & it the late _ the 1r OOO. to 003°00100 ; into of warriagtor yourigo gative Court, and interest to that designated by powerel upo n ara t'ttc,ll° to which conferred £lO,OOO al° discharged' bi n lit Qtr of rII &Aldan. This trust is seerni.ng Y o _ ~ .0 ~,„seraiu_rlo atshebeuessnetps tteiolo,st oder 40,,,,c1iffe1. coot, nm ents t c l o t a l tio L gei tt of" , ° _ ;git' vrd hu:sovEctrl $ calculated to tl ie follows to render trheiltstea; cuoteleir in her wishes. The will apPoareb, borgeat t e c 10°611 root tillsmil' for TO Alt Es. wh ole 9 t TEOUT IN Tin' , riv er ,„100 vet the 100 of the legalwi'lltri:lfiesLasioanY abundance of sport A ady theY he le ' 13 ,1 tLel of 4 0,0 0 fishing this s eason• an d d a ce: , etipordscorot Pit m end while anglitt; for Parts of the rive;ogiia l ot Ye Ll o t i . atiord i 5 a t seen feeding in vat ton_ u p , 0 ,b 0 ,0te.,.0 2,7 th tu tu es t . l , o: : t er th luo "in`ler'estre, by ace_aVieocc.,,, tos ys'ooue:g•tytTout, hattlichs:ding)::::l7Clcthe ape Atthennt gb. deu , in 1 1 much earlier than the lrea./3-10:0, c„-ennue;y: .ht treat or 1